kuba
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kubà (Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)
Adjective
[edit]kubà (plural kuruba, Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)
- hunchbacked
- Synonym: buktot
Esperanto
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kuba (accusative singular kuban, plural kubaj, accusative plural kubajn)
Related terms
[edit]- kube (“cubically”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kuba (accusative singular kuban, plural kubaj, accusative plural kubajn)
Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]kuba m
Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Kuba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kuba f (genitive singular kuby, nominative plural kuby, genitive plural kúb, declension pattern of žena)
- a Cuban cigar
- a Cuban-style cigar
Declension
[edit]Declension of kuba
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kuba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic قُبَّة (qubba).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kuba class IX (plural kuba class X)
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Sanskrit कुब्ज (kubja).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkubaʔ/ [ˈkuː.bɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -ubaʔ
- Syllabification: ku‧ba
Adjective
[edit]kubà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)
- hunchbacked
- 1997, Ave Perez Jacob, Lagablab sa utak ni Damian Rosa: bat iba pang kwento, Color & Pages Pub.
- Naging kuba siya. Nang matira kami roon at maging kalaro ko siya at kaibigan, tahimik siyang lumalayo sa umpukan naming mga magkakapwa-bata kapag napag-uusapan ang tungkol sa angel dela guardia. "Mabuti't nagawi ka sa dakong ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1997, Ave Perez Jacob, Lagablab sa utak ni Damian Rosa: bat iba pang kwento, Color & Pages Pub.
Noun
[edit]kubà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ)
- hunchback (person)
- 1997, Ave Perez Jacob, Lagablab sa utak ni Damian Rosa: bat iba pang kwento, Color & Pages Pub.
- "Magiliw siyang makipag-usap sa 'kin kahit kuba ako, kahit alam niyang basagulero 'ko at magulo lalo na kung nakainom. Hindi siya nandidiri sa 'kin gaya nu'ng iba. Madalas niya 'kong yayaing sumayaw. Lagi akong tumatanggi. Hindi ako ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1997, Ave Perez Jacob, Lagablab sa utak ni Damian Rosa: bat iba pang kwento, Color & Pages Pub.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kuba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 286
Anagrams
[edit]West Makian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kuba
- (transitive) to cut
- (transitive, of humans) to kill
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of kuba (action verb) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tokuba | mokuba | akuba | |
2nd person | nokuba | fokuba | ||
3rd person | inanimate | ikuba | dokuba | |
animate | ||||
imperative | nukuba, kuba | fukuba, kuba |
References
[edit]- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics
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